Croatia 1996/97

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Notes
1	Croatia Zagreb	81	30	26	3	1	90	23	Champions and Hrvatski nogometni kup winners
2	Hajduk Split	60	30	18	6	6	53	22
3	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	49	30	13	10	7	51	37
4	Rijeka	46	30	13	7	10	44	32
5	Zagreb	45	30	13	6	11	43	39	Hrvatski nogometni kup runners-up
6	Varteks Varaždin	42	30	12	6	12	34	35
7	Šibenik	41	30	11	8	11	35	30
8	Osijek	41	30	12	5	13	40	38
9	Mladost 127	40	30	10	10	10	37	36
10	Zadarkomerc	40	30	11	7	12	39	45
11	Segesta Sisak	39	30	9	12	9	35	34	Relegated
12	Marsonia	38	30	11	5	14	38	50	Relegated
13	Cibalia	33	30	11	0	19	35	56	Relegated
14	Orijent	26	30	5	11	14	28	53
15	Istra Pula	25	30	6	7	17	25	54
16	Inter-Zaprešić	21	30	6	3	21	22	65

		Champions League qual.
		UEFA Cup qual.
		Cup Winners' Cup
		Intertoto Cup
		Relegation play-offs
		Relegation